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Wilson & Alroy: Behind The Critics Albums available in MP3 format on this page: "works well in areas of his interest" - Early Midlife Crisis Squared - Share The Wealth - Don't Fuck With Us - We're Rock Critics - A Little Less Crappy - Santa Barbara Mix-Down - The Innermost Secrets Revealed! Sessions - The Brilliant 2001 Release That Silenced All Naysayers - Shut Up And Play Your Drum Machine Inspired by Steve Coleman's recent decision to make nearly all his back catalog available online, your humble servants are following suit: most songs we've written and recorded, together or separately, are listed here. All songs written by the performers (special guests included) unless otherwise indicated. Since you can hear the songs for yourself, we're going to keep verbiage to a minimum, but we have put the "A-sides" in bold, and just like in real life, anything labeled "BONUS TRACK" totally sucks. (DBW) Personnel: John Alroy, lead guitar, lead vocals, bass, throat-clearing, sense of taste and decency; David B. Wilson, lead vocals, occasional guitar, bass, drum machine programming, amateurish keyboards, starry-eyed optimism "works well in areas of his interest" (Wilsie Goes Pop: 1994) The Girl With The Acetylene Torch (Wilson-Bill DeBlasio) Teacher Teacher Can't Breathe Another Year Play By Myself A Moment Of Silence Baby Make Some Babies Cachetona The Activist Song I Defy You Left-Wing Parties Dirty Underwear No Title So Far Piece Of That Action The Next One The Rope Words Can't Explain BONUS TRACK - (hidden track) BONUS TRACK - Soundtrack For The Heroics Of Everyday Life Early Midlife Crisis Squared (Wilson-Alroy Conspiracy: 1995) Traffic Flow/People I Don't Know Charlie Figures/In My Lab Charlie's Sleeping/Psychosymmetry Deep Fried Wonton A mini-concept album recorded in the summer of 1995: the seven songs and numerous segues trace the career of a misanthropic scientist. As usual, the boys overexert themselves and often miss the mark, but Alroy cuts loose some scorching guitar solos ("Charlie Figures") and gripping vocals ("In My Lab"), and though Wilster is predictably lily-livered and corny ("Psychosymmetry"), he redeems himself with the anthem "Deep Fried Wonton." (DBW) - "Wonton" rules. The rest, eh. Alroy is wildly off key on every vocal (as usual); it's a shame, because tracks like "In My Lab" and the experimental, if brain-dead "Charlie's Sleeping" deserved better. Wilson's parts sound rushed throughout; "Psychosymmetry" and "People I Don't Know" are the most tragic victims. (JA) Share The Wealth (David B. Wilson: 1997) Share The Wealth Don't Take Me Off The Dance Floor Fan-Fuckin'-Tastic Don't Ever Shave Mail Order Bride Rainbow What To Do If You Miss The Rapture Here Fuck Che Guevara The Shower The Sad Times Too Too Much Chops Inside Of Me Be Kind To Assholes Day Thinking Of You BONUS TRACK - The Rat Who Lived In A Drainpipe BONUS TRACK - Scoping BONUS TRACK - Out Of Fright BONUS TRACK - Smoking Section Don't Fuck With Us - We're Rock Critics (Wilson-Alroy Conspiracy: 1997) Juan Valdez Almost Happy With You Lost & Found Love To Dust World Full Of Pandas Call Waiting Go Home And Make Some Noise Butt Butt Butt special guests: Jed Mosenfelder and Motoni Katayama Broken Storm Insect Song BONUS TRACK - Get On Up & Shake Your Butt - Amazingly, "Fly To You" dates all the way back to 1990 - and the duo hasn't gotten much better since then, despite improvements in recording technology and earnest efforts to improve the lyrics. Although Motown's deadpan voiceover on "Butt" is completely hysterical, "Juan Valdez" is the tape's high point; now that you can hear the AU sample, you can skip buying it. The amazing slide guitar effect came courtesy of a commandeered magic marker. (JA) A Little Less Crappy (David B. Wilson: 1999) There's No God Lousy Produce (Your Neighborhood's Got) (Make The World) A Little Less Crappy Créme Brûlèe In A Paper Cup Morals Are Stupid Instant Parent Wilsie's Rap I I Love Loving You Let's Send Everybody Back Head To Toe Funk Is Alive And It Lives In Your Butt Throw Myself At Your Feet A Mysterious Pile Of Garbage Rhymes Against Humanity BONUS TRACK - Doctor Better Come Here Quick BONUS TRACK - Freak Blues Santa Barbara Mix-Down (Wilson & Alroy: 2000) This Song Never Ends special guest: Jed Mosenfelder The Cripple And The Holy Man 90s Morality Play Two-Dollar Bin Nature Lover Whitebred's Rap Serial Killer Theme Song Stubbed The Same Party The Squeeze My Lemon Til The Juice Runs Down My Leg Song Happy Island This Record Sucks Blow You All To Bits BONUS TRACK - Another Song About Karen Carpenter special guest: Jed Mosenfelder BONUS TRACK - See's Candies The Innermost Secrets Revealed! Sessions (David B. Wilson: 2000) My Last Woman Hold On To Your Heart (Time To Throw Out The) Yearbook Lookin' For A Sneezy Lover I Like Hostess Cupcakes The Ballad Of Angst Boy (Ferber-Wilson) Cell Phones Hooked On The World Bagel Fever (Instrumental Version) Stereotyping Is Evil Love God BONUS TRACK - Satin Doll (Ellington-Strayhorn-Mercer) The intended follow-up to A Little Less Crappy, but I bogged down about 75% of the way in and never finished it. At the time I thought this stuff was better than the previous collection, but in retrospect I can't imagine why. (DBW) The Brilliant 2001 Release That Silenced All Naysayers (Wilson & Alroy: 2001) For Patty's Party special guest: Jordi Bascompte The Contraceptive Song Coming Of Age In Samoa (Derek Freeman-Alroy-Wilson) Teberite & Tamadagua special guest: Jordi Bascompte The Message Board Sucks Performance Anxiety The Hungarian Song (In Memory Of Patti Smith) Wayne Kramer, Drug Dealer (Wayne Kramer-Alroy-Wilson) I Wanna Be Your Bagel We Hate Writing Lyrics Toe Biters Sunflower (Bascompte-Alroy) BONUS TRACK - Jammin' With Jordi special guest: Jordi Bascompte BONUS TRACK - Unfinished Disco Song Shut Up And Play Your Drum Machine (David B. Wilson: 2002) The Pissed Chronicles 2 (alt take) Saturday Afternoon Blue Jaunt Rippin' It Love Scene Something Amiss Get Away Impulse Power Reach For It Downstream The Pissed Chronicles 5 (false start) No Chicken Grease State Power Ramses Triumphalism The Pissed Chronicles 6 The Pissed Chronicles 1 (alt take) Watch Out Carlos BONUS TRACK - Hidden Track All instrumentals. (DBW) Back to Wilson & Alroy's Nepotism Page  Main page   New additions   Pop: 00s  90s 80s 70s 60s 50s  Latin/Jazz   Top 20: DBW JA   E-mail